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The Great Trek (book)

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The Great Trek: One of the Greatest Feats in Australian Exploration
First edition
AuthorIon Idriess
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1940
Publication placeAustralia

The Great Trek: One of the Greatest Feats in Australian Exploration is a 1940 book by Ion Idriess about Francis and Alex Jardine's 1864 trek in the northern Cape York Peninsula, from Rockhampton to Somerset in 1864.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "BOOKS of the WEEK". The News. Vol. XXXV, no. 5, 396. Adelaide. 9 November 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "STORY OF THE JARDINES". Cairns Post. No. 12, 105. Queensland. 5 December 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 15 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.